associate Leeds, England
Job description
Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 850 people including 185 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.
Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.
Job Role: Associate
Hours: 09:00 – 17:30, Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week)
As the winner of two Working Families’ awards for ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment 2022’ and ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Department: Healthcare Commercial & Regulatory
Location: Leeds
Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
Here are some examples of what we offer:
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
- Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
- 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
- Flexible, agile and home working
- BUPA
- Permanent health insurance
- Flexible pension scheme
- Medicash
- EAP with access to counselling
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year
- Life assurance
- Annual travel season ticket loan
- Dress for your day policy
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Financial contribution towards home working equipment
Role overview
Introduction to the role:
This role provides the opportunity to join one of the fastest growing business groups of Hill Dickinson. The Healthcare team have been growing year-on-year with a team of over 70+ lawyers and national coverage. We are one of the leading law firms providing legal advice and support to the NHS and independent healthcare organisations.
Our dedicated Health Commercial & Regulatory team is now looking to recruit an ambitious Associate to work on a wide range of health commercial, governance and regulatory matters for the NHS and private sector organisations operating in the health and social care sector.
Within this role, you will be given plenty of client responsibility and exposure (including travel) whilst being part of a supportive and collaborative team.
Introduction to the team:
Established in 2017, the Leeds team has a strong culture of collaboration, respect and transparency both with our clients and our people, which reflects the Hill Dickinson core values.
Ranked at Tier 1 in the Legal 500 for Health work in Yorkshire and the Humber, our expert Health Commercial & Regulatory team advises NHS bodies and independent sector organisations providing services in the health sector, including health tech and life sciences, on a broad range of contractual, procurement, governance and regulatory matters. As well as NHS Integrated Care Boards, NHS Trusts and primary care providers, the team advises key national organisations including NHS England.
Key responsibilities:
- Supporting the wider team on commercial and procurement work on a broad range of day to day matters for NHS and independent sector clients
- Drafting contractual terms and conditions including innovative contracting models including joint ventures, alliance agreements and collaboration arrangements
- Assisting with NHS mergers and acquisitions
- Advising on governance and constitutional issues
- Advising healthtech providers (including NHS organisations and private providers) on commercial and regulatory issues including information law
- Advising on public procurement processes and procurement documentation
- Supporting business development strategies of the team and wider business group and presenting as the face of the firm to clients and intermediaries
- Working with the wider Leeds team to proactively promote and raise the profile of Hill Dickinson in Leeds, including attending networking events and participating in corporate social responsibility initiatives
- Developing your own relationships with clients / intermediaries.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a highly motivated Associate who wants to work collaboratively to contribute to the further development and growth of the team and the Leeds office for Hill Dickinson.
Essential:
- Law degree (or equivalent)
- Proven experience of advising in commercial law, ideally within the health sector but other relevant experience will be considered
- Excellent communication, organisation and research skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Demonstrable ability to manage competing demands, achieving strict client deadlines
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and develop relationships within the wider team
- Willingness to take responsibility and ownership of client work, with supervision as appropriate
- Ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
- Willingness to play a proactive part in business development and profile-raising activity
- Positive attitude and interest in exploring and learning about new and unfamiliar legal areas
- Ability to work flexibly and proactively
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.
We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.
Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background.
Disability Support
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at [email protected] should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.
Values: Trust – Respect – Innovation – Collaboration
At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law.
All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
